Meet Layla Wallace, a 15-year old teen baker and entrepreneur from Michigan, who is making boss moves with the launch of her new cupcake shop called Layla’s Cool Pops. Her storefront is located in downtown Kalamazoo and is the result of what started years ago as an economics project in …
Read More »More Spooky-Ass Games at Spooky-Ass Prices Because It’s Halloween Eve, Baybee
Image: Electronic Arts Wooooo! Ya boy is going full Ric Flair because it’s mother, fucking, Halloween bay-beeeeeeee! I mean, what’s not to like? There’s spooky costumes, mad candy goes on sale, countless great movies…did I mention sale candy, fun parties, and, perhaps most importantly: sale candy. Now, as a result …
Read More »The Books Briefing: When Poets Write Novels
Chloe Aridjis is not a poet, but her novel Sea Monsters functions much like a poem, gaining its meaning not from plot but rather from vivid images that blend together and shift in meaning as the book progresses. Every Friday in the Books Briefing, we thread together Atlantic stories …
Read More »Police Officer Sues Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend
Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker, who was with her the night she was killed by Louisville police officers in her home, is now being sued by one of the officers involved in the deadly shooting. According to CBS, a civil lawsuit by Louisville Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly claims he experienced “severe …
Read More »Louisville Police Union President Says Police Officers ‘Were Definitely Justified in’ Breonna Taylor Shooting
In an exclusive CBS News interview the other day, Ryan Nichols, the president of the River City Fraternal Order of Police, stated that he believes that officers were justified in returning fire when the police officers shot and killed EMT worker Breonna Taylor. The interview, conducted virtually by CBS This Morning …
Read More »After Philadelphia Police Yank Woman Out of Her Car and Attack Her, Police Union Uses Her Son in Propaganda Photo
Photo: Mark Makela (Getty Images) If the events of the current year haven’t driven the point home, cops are fucking trash. They’re also fucking liars. The latest instance of cops being trash-ass liars occurred in Philadelphia, where cops yanked a Black woman out of her car, attacked her, and then …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Why the 2020s Are So Worrisome
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Getty / The Atlantic America’s political schisms are so profound that we risk a repeat of …
Read More »Lil Wayne Praises Donald Trump Over ‘Platinum Plan’ Meeting
Lil Wayne took to Twitter on Thursday (October 29) to announce that he met with President Donald Trump to talk about the administration’s “Platinum Plan” for Black America. While the rap legend didn’t give an explicit endorsement of the president’s reelection campaign, he had nothing but praise for his plan, …
Read More »Meet The Prominent Black Men and Women Running For U.S. Senate
Many Americans believe the 2020 election is the most important of their lifetimes, including the many Black men and women who are running for a U.S. Senate seat. More Black Americans are running in this election than ever before, due to the injustices Black Americans faced every day over the …
Read More »Triple Threat: Beyoncé's Newest Vogue Covers Once Again Make History—This Time, With a 21-Year-Old Black Woman
Screenshot: Kennedi Carter for Vogue/Condé Nast There’s B’Day, and then, there’s Bey Week—which is a bit like Shark Week, but with much more buzz. Beyoncé kicked off the week building the buzz about her latest (and already sold out) Ivy Park drop with Adidas—her second since the label’s relaunch—and is …
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